100 Greatest Progressive Metal Songs
Criteria: These Progressive Metal Songs were chosen for their musical impact, creativity, originality, influence, and popularity within the genre.
Song Name • Artist (song length)
1. Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper
Dream Theater (9:30)
2. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Symphony X (20:42)
3. Schism
Tool (6:46)
4. Black Rose Immortal
Opeth (20:15)
5. Pull Me Under
Dream Theater (8:11)
6. The Odyssey
Symphony X (24:09)
7. Eyes of a Stranger
Queensrÿche (6:38)
8. A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater (23:09)
9. When the Water Breaks
Liquid Tension Experiment (16:57)
10. Anesthetize
Porcupine Tree (17:42)
11. White Walls
Between the Buried and Me (14:13)
12. Roads to Madness
Queensrÿche (9:54)
13. Lateralus
Tool (9:24)
14. Second Life Syndrome
Riverside (15:40)
15. The Czar
Mastodon (10:54)
16. Ænema
Tool ( 6:39)
17. March of the Fire Ants
Mastodon (4:25)
18. Options - Going Nowhere
Anubis Gate (9:26)
19. Guardian
Fates Warning (7:33)
20. Iconoclast
Symphony X (10:53)
21. Art of Life
X Japan (29:00)
22. Crimson
Edge of Sanity (40:00)
23. Obliviøn
Mastodon (5:46)
24. Crystal Mountain
Death (5:07)
25. Bleed
Meshuggah (7:22)
26. Paradigm Shift
Liquid Tension Experiment (8:55)
27. The Sixth Extinction
Ayreon (12:18)
28. Critical Mass Pt. 1-3
Threshold (13:34)
29. Break the Silence
Seventh Wonder (9:29)
30. Space-Dye Vest
Dream Theater (7:29)
31. In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion
Agalloch (14:45)
32. Eternal
Nightingale (11:21)
33. Home
Dream Theater (12:53)
34. Echoes of Life
Threshold (8:55)
35. Beyond the Pale
Pain of Salvation (9:56)
36. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater (42:00)
37. And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope
Ne Obliviscaris (11:32)
38. Vicarious
Tool (7:06)
39. Ghost of Perdition
Opeth (10:29)
40. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Porcupine Tree (12:02)
41. The Great Escape
Seventh Wonder (30:21)
42. The End Of Millennium Road
Anubis Gate (10:17)
43. Amazing Flight
Ayreon (10:15)
44. Forty Six & 2
Tool (6:04)
45. Blackwater Park
Opeth (12:08)
46. The Accolade
Symphony X (9:51)
47. Tapestry of the Starless Abstract
Ne Obliviscaris (12:00)
48. The Dance of Eternity
Dream Theater (6:13)
49. Phantom of the Opera
Iron Maiden (7:20)
50. Iter Impius
Pain of Salvation (6:21)
51. Burden
Opeth (7:41)
52. Through the Looking Glass
Symphony X (13:06)
53. Day Eleven: Love
Ayreon (4:18)
54. The Sleep of Restless Hours
Disillusion (17:03)
55. Oroborus
Gojira (5:21)
56. This Godless Endeavor
Nevermore (8:55)
57. Dance of Balet
Ballerina (14:57)
58. Panic Attack
Dream Theater (7:16)
59. When All is Lost
Symphony X (9:10)
60. Sober
Tool (5:06)
61. To Bid You Farewell
Opeth (10:54)
62. Heading For Tomorrow
Gamma Ray (14:29)
63. Goddess Bound
Protest the Hero (3:35)
64. Way Out of Here
Porcupine Tree (7:47)
65. Awakenings
Symphony X (8:21)
66. Octavarium
Dream Theater (24:00)
67. Gutter Ballet
Savatage (6:20)
68. Visions
Haken (22:25)
69. For to End Yet Again
Arcturus (10:33)
70. Take Hold of the Flame
Queensrÿche (4:54)
71. Carolina IV
Angra (10:37)
72. Into the Everflow
Psychotic Waltz (8:21)
73. Paradise Lost
Symphony X (6:32)
74. Isis and Osiris
Ayreon (11:11)
75. Suite Sister Mary
Queensrÿche (10:41)
76. Pareidolia
Haken (10:50)
77. The Pot
Tool (6:22)
78. Flying Whales
Gojira (7:44)
79. Church of the Machine
Symphony X (8:57)
80. Bleak
Opeth (9:15)
81. Bastard
Devin Townsend (10:17)
82. The Last Baron
Mastodon (13:00)
83. Nothingface
Voivod (4:14)
84. As Icicles Fall
Ne Obliviscaris (9:24)
85. King of Whitewater
Seventh Wonder (7:20)
86. Forced Entry
Leprous (10:20)
87. Hearts Alive
Mastodon (13:39)
88. The Glass Prison
Dream Theater (13:52)
89. The Perfect Element
Pain of Salvation (10:09)
90. Still Remains
Fates Warning (16:08)
91. April
TesseracT (4:48)
92. Glory of the Empire
Circus Maximus (10:27)
93. Rosetta Stoned
Tool (11:11)
94. Azrael
Crimson Glory (5:38)
95. Mr. Gutmann
Pervy Perkin (26:02)
96. Earth Day
Devin Townsend (9:35)
97. Chromatic Aberration
Native Construct (12:28)
98. On the Shores
Ihsahn (10:12)
99. A Life to Die For
Royal Hunt (8:38)
100. Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams
Threshold (9:46)
1. Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper
Dream Theater (9:30)
2. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Symphony X (20:42)
3. Schism
Tool (6:46)
4. Black Rose Immortal
Opeth (20:15)
5. Pull Me Under
Dream Theater (8:11)
6. The Odyssey
Symphony X (24:09)
7. Eyes of a Stranger
Queensrÿche (6:38)
8. A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater (23:09)
9. When the Water Breaks
Liquid Tension Experiment (16:57)
10. Anesthetize
Porcupine Tree (17:42)
11. White Walls
Between the Buried and Me (14:13)
12. Roads to Madness
Queensrÿche (9:54)
13. Lateralus
Tool (9:24)
14. Second Life Syndrome
Riverside (15:40)
15. The Czar
Mastodon (10:54)
16. Ænema
Tool ( 6:39)
17. March of the Fire Ants
Mastodon (4:25)
18. Options - Going Nowhere
Anubis Gate (9:26)
19. Guardian
Fates Warning (7:33)
20. Iconoclast
Symphony X (10:53)
21. Art of Life
X Japan (29:00)
22. Crimson
Edge of Sanity (40:00)
23. Obliviøn
Mastodon (5:46)
24. Crystal Mountain
Death (5:07)
25. Bleed
Meshuggah (7:22)
26. Paradigm Shift
Liquid Tension Experiment (8:55)
27. The Sixth Extinction
Ayreon (12:18)
28. Critical Mass Pt. 1-3
Threshold (13:34)
29. Break the Silence
Seventh Wonder (9:29)
30. Space-Dye Vest
Dream Theater (7:29)
31. In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion
Agalloch (14:45)
32. Eternal
Nightingale (11:21)
33. Home
Dream Theater (12:53)
34. Echoes of Life
Threshold (8:55)
35. Beyond the Pale
Pain of Salvation (9:56)
36. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater (42:00)
37. And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope
Ne Obliviscaris (11:32)
38. Vicarious
Tool (7:06)
39. Ghost of Perdition
Opeth (10:29)
40. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Porcupine Tree (12:02)
41. The Great Escape
Seventh Wonder (30:21)
42. The End Of Millennium Road
Anubis Gate (10:17)
43. Amazing Flight
Ayreon (10:15)
44. Forty Six & 2
Tool (6:04)
45. Blackwater Park
Opeth (12:08)
46. The Accolade
Symphony X (9:51)
47. Tapestry of the Starless Abstract
Ne Obliviscaris (12:00)
48. The Dance of Eternity
Dream Theater (6:13)
49. Phantom of the Opera
Iron Maiden (7:20)
50. Iter Impius
Pain of Salvation (6:21)
51. Burden
Opeth (7:41)
52. Through the Looking Glass
Symphony X (13:06)
53. Day Eleven: Love
Ayreon (4:18)
54. The Sleep of Restless Hours
Disillusion (17:03)
55. Oroborus
Gojira (5:21)
56. This Godless Endeavor
Nevermore (8:55)
57. Dance of Balet
Ballerina (14:57)
58. Panic Attack
Dream Theater (7:16)
59. When All is Lost
Symphony X (9:10)
60. Sober
Tool (5:06)
61. To Bid You Farewell
Opeth (10:54)
62. Heading For Tomorrow
Gamma Ray (14:29)
63. Goddess Bound
Protest the Hero (3:35)
64. Way Out of Here
Porcupine Tree (7:47)
65. Awakenings
Symphony X (8:21)
66. Octavarium
Dream Theater (24:00)
67. Gutter Ballet
Savatage (6:20)
68. Visions
Haken (22:25)
69. For to End Yet Again
Arcturus (10:33)
70. Take Hold of the Flame
Queensrÿche (4:54)
71. Carolina IV
Angra (10:37)
72. Into the Everflow
Psychotic Waltz (8:21)
73. Paradise Lost
Symphony X (6:32)
74. Isis and Osiris
Ayreon (11:11)
75. Suite Sister Mary
Queensrÿche (10:41)
76. Pareidolia
Haken (10:50)
77. The Pot
Tool (6:22)
78. Flying Whales
Gojira (7:44)
79. Church of the Machine
Symphony X (8:57)
80. Bleak
Opeth (9:15)
81. Bastard
Devin Townsend (10:17)
82. The Last Baron
Mastodon (13:00)
83. Nothingface
Voivod (4:14)
84. As Icicles Fall
Ne Obliviscaris (9:24)
85. King of Whitewater
Seventh Wonder (7:20)
86. Forced Entry
Leprous (10:20)
87. Hearts Alive
Mastodon (13:39)
88. The Glass Prison
Dream Theater (13:52)
89. The Perfect Element
Pain of Salvation (10:09)
90. Still Remains
Fates Warning (16:08)
91. April
TesseracT (4:48)
92. Glory of the Empire
Circus Maximus (10:27)
93. Rosetta Stoned
Tool (11:11)
94. Azrael
Crimson Glory (5:38)
95. Mr. Gutmann
Pervy Perkin (26:02)
96. Earth Day
Devin Townsend (9:35)
97. Chromatic Aberration
Native Construct (12:28)
98. On the Shores
Ihsahn (10:12)
99. A Life to Die For
Royal Hunt (8:38)
100. Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams
Threshold (9:46)
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Edited By: Lew, DDD metal forum
List Begun: 2018-08-10
List Begun: 2018-08-10
